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The long rumored N64 version of the Die Hard franchise isn't shaping up as planned.

By IGN Staff

Last year screenshots of Die Hard 64, a 3D first-person shooter based on the popular movie franchise, leaked out to magazines despite the fact that would-be publisher Fox Interactive had not announced the title. Immediately after the screenshots hit, we contacted Fox for comment and the company told us that no announcements had been made and, in public relations speak, therefore the game didn't exist. Naturally, we assumed that Fox simply wasn't ready to officially unveil the product and that we'd probably see more of it at a later date.

Unfortunately, the game's outlook just got a little bleaker. Interested to know what had become of Die Hard 64, we contacted Fox Interactive today and a company representative briefly theorized about the title with us. "The game is just a rumor," said the Fox spokesperson, "and to be honest with you, I don't see it coming to fruition."

While this is not a solid confirmation of the game's termination one way or the other, it definitely doesn't paint a pretty picture. The fact of the matter is that Fox Interactive's first foray into Nintendo 64 development, namely Fox Sports College Hoops '99, backed by an impressive amount of money, turned to disaster when the game failed to sell. And with the industry's insistence that the 64-bit console is a "dying system," it isn't a stretch to conclude that the publisher simply canned the game after determining that the risks involved were not worth any possible profits to be made.